Table 3.
Prevalence, host range and diagnosis of Mycoplasma ovis infection in different parts of the world
| Country | Study population | Prevalence | Diagnostic technique | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | Sheep | Case report | Blood smear examination | Campbell et al. (1971) |
| Australia | Sheep, goats | 44.9% | FAT | Mason et al. (1989) |
| Australia | Sheep | 4.5% | ELISA | Kabay et al. (1991) |
| Brazil | Captive deer | 87% | Conventional PCR (16S and 23S rRNA genes) | Grazziotin et al. (2011b) |
| Brazil | Free-ranging deer | 58% | Conventional PCR (16S rRNA gene) | Grazziotin et al. (2011a) |
| Brazil | Goats | 39.3% | Conventional PCR (16S rRNA gene) | Machado et al. (2017) |
| Brazil | Sheep | 78.8% | Conventional PCR (16S rRNA gene) | Souza et al. (2019) |
| China | Human | Case report | Blood smear examination, PCR (16S rRNA gene) | Yuan et al. (2007a, b) |
| China | Goats | 41% | Semi-nested PCR (16S rRNA gene) | Song et al. (2014a, b) |
| China | Sheep and goats | 44.7% | Nested PCR, (16S rRNA gene) | Wang et al. (2017) |
| Hungary | Sheep | 51.5% | TaqMan PCR, conventional PCR (16S rRNA gene) | Hornok et al. (2009) |
| Hungary | Goats | 20% | Real-time PCR (16S rRNA gene) | Hornok et al. (2012) |
| Iraq | Sheep | 100% | Blood smear, ELISA | Abed and Alsaad (2017) |
| Iraq | Sheep | 17.5% | Conventional PCR (16S rRNA gene) | Kshash (2017) |
| Japan | Sheep | Case report | Blood smear examination, PCR (16S rRNA gene) | Suzuki et al. (2011) |
| Japan | Sheep | 50% | Blood smear, PCR (16S rRNA gene) | Tagawa et al. (2012a, b) |
| Malaysia | Goat | Case report | Blood smear examination | Jesse et al. (2013) |
| Malaysia | Goats | 94% | Blood smear examination | Jesse et al. (2015) |
| Malaysia | Sheep | Case report | Blood smear examination | Jesse et al. (2017) |
| Mexico | Sheep | 100% | Blood smear examination, PCR (16S rRNA gene) | Martínez-Hernández et al. (2019) |
| New Zealand | Sheep | Case report | Blood smear examination | John and Invermay (1990) |
| Nigeria | Sheep | 36% | IFAT, blood smear examination | Ilemobade and Blotkamp (1978b) |
| North America | Goats | 18.0% | Real-time PCR (16S rRNA gene) | Johnson et al. (2016) |
| Philippines | Goats | 36.3% | Conventional PCR (16S rRNA gene) | Galon et al. (2019). |
| Scotland | Sheep | Case report | Blood smear examination | Fitzpatrick et al. (1998) |
| Turkey | Sheep | 9% | Conventional PCR (16S rRNA gene) | Aktas and Ozubek (2017) |
| Tunisia | Sheep and goats | 6.3% | Conventional PCR (16S rRNA gene) | Rjeibi et al. (2015) |
| USA | Human | Case report | Conventional PCR (16S rRNA gene) | Sykes et al. (2010) |
| USA | Deer | Case report | Conventional PCR (16S and 18S rDNA genes) | Boes et al. (2012) |
| USA | Human | 4.7% | Conventional PCR (16S rRNA gene) | Mascarelli et al. (2013) |
| USA | Sheep | 14.1% | Blood smear examination, PCR (16S rRNA gene) | Hampel et al. (2014) |
| USA | Sheep | 73.3% | Conventional PCR (16S rRNA gene) | Urie et al. (2019) |